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英语中考短文填空专练 （一）一、选词填空I.call , swim , anything , clever , bear , can , his , give , girl , something , read , take Many years ago , there was a family _1_ Franklin . They lived in Boston . There were five _2_ and six boys in the family . On a January day in 1760 , another baby boy _3_ . They boys mother and his father _4_ the boy a name Benjamin . Benjamin was the _5_ of all the children . He could read when he was five and he _6_ write by the time he was seven . When he was eight he was sent to school . In school Benjamin had been good at _7_ and writing but not good at maths . He read all of _8_ fathers books . And whenever （每当）he had a little money , he bought a book with it . He liked books . They told him how to do _9_ . At that time he invented the paddles （脚蹼）for _10_ .1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._II.say , surprise , do , in , friend , to , visits , we , usual , or , welcome , time , for , but , ideas Manners are important in every country , _1_ people have different _2_ about their manners . What is good in one country may not be _3_ in another . Chinese people are _4_ to know the fact that an Englishman _5_ stop to talk and shake hands with his friend _6_ the street . They just say hello _7_ each other and then pass on . English people think that _8_ Chinese end our _9_ to friends all of a sudden . They _10_ begin to show that they want to go 15 _11 20 minutes before they leave their _12_ house . And they do this two or three _13_ within 20 minutes . It is important _14_ people to understand each other . Here is a _15_ , “When in Rome , do as the Romans do .”1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._III.need , animal , I , put , make , except , find , end , look , since , little , enough Let me tell you a story.A good friend of _1_ lives with six hundred animals on an island . Ever _2_ he left school , he has travelled all over the world _3_ for animals for his own zoo . He writes books about his travels , and about his wonderful _4_ . The money for his books helps him to pay for all the animal food . My friend told me that when he was looking for water last week (There is not enough water on the island , though there is a lot all around it ) , he _5_ oil （石油） . He _6_ money for his travels and for his zoo , and a little oil would buy _7_ water for a long time , but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it , it will be the _8_ of his zoo and his lifes work . So I think he will not tell anybody _9_ you and me about what he found because oil and water cant _10_ together . Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water . Do you think so ?1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._二、阅读下面的短文，根据每个空格中所给的词首字母填入适当的词，使短文意思完整。I.Can animals be made to work for people ? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained （训练） to do a number of simple jobs i_1_ of people . They say that at a circus （杂技场）， for example , we may see elephants , monkeys , dogs and other animals doing q_2_ skillful （熟练的） things . Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film . If you watch closely , you may find that the trainer （驯兽员） always g _3_ the animal some sugar o_4_ a piece of fruit as a reward （报酬） . The scientists say that many d_5_ animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f_6_ doing that . Of course , as we know , dogs can be trained to look after a house , and soldiers in both old and modern t_7_ have u_8_ geese to give warning （警报） by m_9_ a lot of noise when an enemy comes near . And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f_10_ .1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._II.Heres story about Mings life on the waters . Ming has lived all his life on a wide r_1_ in China . His home is a large house-boat with a roof , one of hundreds that move up and down . In about six years he has not once been on l_2_, but he is never lonely . He is a strong swimmer . In fact （实际上） , he could swim before he could walk . When he wants to play with his f_3_, he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v_4_ him . Mings father is a fisherman but he never u_5_ a line or a net （网） . Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him . Rings （圈） have been put around the birds n_6_ so that they cannot eat the fish they catch . They have been taught to b_7_ the fish to people . And then people reward （奖励） them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f_8_. Ming loves watching the cormorants , but better still he likes going s_9_ with his mother . The shops , of course , are boats very like his o_10_.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._III.Last week Bruce wrote to Dick , telling him that he wasnt enjoying the n_1_ school in Richmond at all . As all the o_2_ students were from the same junior middle school , they g_3_ on well with each other . Bruce tried his best to be friendly , but they didnt . I_4_ , they made fun of （取笑） him , for he was the s_5_ in the class . He had no idea about what to do . So Bruce n_6_ some help from his best friend , Dick . Now , in his l_7_ back to Bruce , Dick gave him two pieces of advice （建议）：First of all , d_8_ worry about being short . And the s_9_ , think about l_10_ for a good friend .1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._三. 在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词。I.It is a Chinese traditional custom that people eat mooncakes at the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival . One _1_ about it is almost 700 years old . In the century , the Chinese planned a surprise attack against （袭击） their enemies at the time of the festival . The messages for the attack were put into cakes . The cakes were passed from one person to _2_ . Each person read the messages and knew when and where the attack would _3_ . At last the Chinese won the victory . Mooncakes are still eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival . However , the fillings （馅） of the mooncakes now are not messages , but foods such as meat , fruits and duck eggs . _4_ the fifteenth day of the eighth month of each Chinese year , _5_ and friends com